Cross-client VRAM access via page-alignment overflow
Published Jul 29, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Integer overflow in the Linux kernel Xe driver 6.8 through 6.9.7 allows local users to read or write other clients' VRAM. In xe_ttm_vram_mgr_new(), a 32-bit left shift of tbo->page_alignment truncates min_page_size, allowing under-aligned GPU page-table mappings into neighboring buffer objects. An ordinary account with access to a /dev/dri/renderD* node can issue the deterministic buffer-creation ioctl without user interaction, and zero truncation can also panic the kernel or hang and reset the GPU.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in the Linux kernel Xe driver 6.8 through 6.9.7 allows local users to read or write other clients' VRAM. In xe_ttm_vram_mgr_new(), a 32-bit left shift of tbo->page_alignment truncates min_page_size, allowing under-aligned GPU page-table mappings into neighboring buffer objects. An ordinary account with access to a /dev/dri/renderD* node can issue the deterministic buffer-creation ioctl without user interaction, and zero truncation can also panic the kernel or hang and reset the GPU.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-42066
- Published
- Jul 29, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-190, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.8
- Affected versionversion=dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987 <4f4fcafde343a54465f85a2909fc684918507a4b
- Affected versionversion=dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987 <79d54ddf0e292b810887994bb04709c5ac0e1531
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